Friday, January 6, 2012

For today's Friday Funny, I'm hoping that you, my dear readers and friends, will be willing to contribute. In the Christmas gift department, I fared pretty well this year. This might be because, well, we did a lot of shopping as a family this year and I just picked out some things. It's not that this will happen every year, but to be honest, I was just really tired and over scheduled and went with the flow. Might as well. It certainly saved us time spent on returns. We only had to return one item this year, and that was due to size, not style.

There have been years, however, where the gifts have completely missed the mark. We got to talking about those at book club the other night. And it reminded me of my waffle iron. My lunchbox ice cubes freezer things. Some clothing items I would never choose. And it also reminded me of this video:Avoid The Doghouse!

So click on the video title and watch. And in the comments section, post your worst. gift ever. I can't wait to read some of these!

Yours, thankful we've progressed beyond those early Christmas gift years,

My worst gift...one that made me cry (and not in a good way) was an ugly skirt from my husband. Honestly, it did come from Dillards and he actually paid way too much for it. The real problem for me was that it was not "me" at all. Not my style, a dull khaki color, slightly too big. We had been together about 8 years at that point (married for 2 of them). It may have been an honest attempt on his part, but too me it screamed "i don't really know you at all."

Okay, I have to say that the worst gift-giving my hubs ever did at Christmas was when he gave me 2 things I already had (because he had given them to me before) AND re-gifted me with the gift my kids had offered a couple of years prior. They had given me a picture of a garden workbench and said they would make one for me. It didn't happen. So my husband thought he would give me plans for one with a promise to build it. The better gift would have been not to rescue the kids, but to remind them of their promise and encourage them to get it done. I felt invisible that year and I still don't have a garden workbench. All in all, he is a pretty good guy, though. :)

Dear Anonymous- I'm so, so sorry. My husband has occasionally bought me clothing that made me think,"SURELY you did not mean this for me, because, well, you've never seen me wear anything REMOTELY close to this garment." Sometimes, only the word dumbfounded can describe it...